March 5, 1953, Stalin dies. The cult of personality is in full swing: he is revered at home and respected worldwide for defeating Hitler and making the USSR a superpower. But, by 1961, Nikita Khrushchev had removed Stalin’s body from alongside Lenin and was revealing his abuses. Brezhnev stopped him, fearful that this would undermine the party, but Russian reluctance to accept the past through disinformation and manipulating the truth has never gone away. How has Stalin’s legacy been handled by his successors and why did his remains become a propaganda weapon? Combining rarely seen Soviet archives, graphic design, audio recordings, our film offers a new reading of the post-Stalin era, exploring his impact on Russian politics and society decades after his death.
FROM USSR TO RUSSIA : STALIN’S LONG SHADOW
un film de Denis Van Waerebeke - HistoireMarch 5, 1953, Stalin dies. The cult of personality is in full swing: he is revered at home and respected worldwide for defeating Hitler and making the USSR a superpower. But, by 1961, Nikita Khrushchev had removed Stalin’s body from alongside Lenin and was revealing his abuses. Brezhnev stopped him, fearful that this would undermine the party, but Russian reluctance to accept the past through disinformation and manipulating the truth has never gone away. How has Stalin’s legacy been handled by his successors and why did his remains become a propaganda weapon? Combining rarely seen Soviet archives, graphic design, audio recordings, our film offers a new reading of the post-Stalin era, exploring his impact on Russian politics and society decades after his death.
March 5, 1953, Stalin dies. The cult of personality is in full swing: he is revered at home and respected worldwide for defeating Hitler and making the USSR a superpower. But, by 1961, Nikita Khrushchev had removed Stalin’s body from alongside Lenin and was revealing his abuses. Brezhnev stopped him, fearful that this would undermine the party, but Russian reluctance to accept the past through disinformation and manipulating the truth has never gone away. How has Stalin’s legacy been handled by his successors and why did his remains become a propaganda weapon? Combining rarely seen Soviet archives, graphic design, audio recordings, our film offers a new reading of the post-Stalin era, exploring his impact on Russian politics and society decades after his death.
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Data sheet
- Directed by
- Denis Van Waerebeke
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Histoire
- With
- Bruno Abraham-Kremer (commentaire)
- Editing
- Audrey Maurion
- Author
- Denis van Waerebeke & Olivia Gomolinski
- Photography
- Laurent Fénart
- Sound
- Guillaume Valeix, Matthieu Daude & Amélie Canini
- Mixage
- Amélie Canini
- Producer
- Les Films d'Ici - Valérianne Boué
- Color Grading
- Éric Salleron
- Co-producers
- Arte FRANCE - Anne Grolleron
- Original soundtrack
- Ruelgo
- Broadcaster
- Arte France
- Partners
- Procirep Angoa & CNC
- Format
- Vidéo 16/9
- Manager of production
- Valérianne Boué
- Langue
- Anglais, Français & Russe
- Available version
- Français & Anglais
- Length
- 52'
- ISAN
- 000-0006-0000-F-0000-0000-T
- International sales
- NEWEN - Chloé Persyn Preljocaj
- Special mention
- Figra 2024 - Mention spéciale Terre(s) d'Histoire
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